When it was teased that Pac Man and Mega Man (terrible Mega Man 1 box art version) would be joining the Street Fighter X Tekken roster, it seemed like an announcement that couldn’t possibly be true. Pac Man, who is significantly outmatched against the likes of Tekken and Street Fighter‘s finest, and Mega Man, who would be showing up in the least likely of forms, each seemed like unlikely candidates. But they’re real, and we have the trailer to prove it.
Obviously, Pac Man in true form couldn’t possibly hold his own, so he has been given the added benefit of a robotic suit to rest his body on. It doesn’t quite make sense, but when in action it appears to be natural enough.
Mega Man on the other hand is as downright ugly as you possibly can get in terms of a fighting game character. If there was any question that this is Mega Man 1 box art’s version of the blue bomber, just check the artist imperfections thrown in for good measure.
But, as they say, seeing is believing, so check out the newest trailer for Street Fighter X Tekken featuring Mega Man and Pac Man.
It is a pretty bold move on Capcom‘s part to circumvent fan outcry for Mega Man – in the truest sense – and deliver the box art version of him. It is almost like they enjoy teasing fans rather than giving them what they want…actually they probably do.
Along with Mega Man and Pac Man, the previously announced Cole McGrath, Kuro, and Toro will all be PlayStation 3 and Vita exclusive characters for Street Fighter X Tekken. Sadly, the Xbox 360 version currently has no exclusive characters, despite strong petitioning on Capcom’s part to get Master Chief.
Though Street Fighter X Tekken appears to be more serious in tone, it’s good to see that Capcom hasn’t lost their proclivity for tongue-in-cheek humor by way of cleverly chosen additional fighters. Our only hope is that Capcom doesn’t pull another bait and switch and release Ultimate Street Fighter X Tekken at the end of this year, with more fighters thrown in.
What do you think of Pac Man and Mega Man as the newest combatants added to the SF X Tekken fold? Can you think of any other random heroes that would make a perfect counterpoint to these two for the Xbox 360 version?
Street Fighter X Tekken releases March 6, 2012 for PS3, Vita, PC, and Xbox 360.
Source: Capcom Unity
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Allow me to take on the role of Ramon Salazar here: “You, Capcom aren’t worth a penny, I’m afraid. You can die.”
There are no heroes left in man.
Megaman is so fat, wth? Even in the old NES boxart, he’s in shape…they should if anything release the Megaman and Megaman X series and HD and 3D for PS3 it would sell like crazy.
It makes sense though, that Mega Man hasn’t gotten work in years.
File this under weird, don’t really know why Capcom is so committed to just refusing to make fans happy. Seems ridiculous.
Capcom is Trolling Everybody with Fat Megaman 1 XD
Soooo….lemme get this straight.
Megaman, Pac-Man, and Cole get an appearance in
STREET FIGHTER versus TEKKEN.
They did not get an appearance in…
MARVEL VS CAPCOM 3
or
ULTIMATE Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
I officially hate Capcom. Worst developer ever. They should have just quit after Street Fighter II. End of Capcom. Capcom can just go die!!!
they should make a new mega man game starring that fat box art Mega Man. that would be cool
That would be cool, but this? This is just insulting.
No… That…would NOT…be cool.
That would be BLASPHEMY.
Wth did they do to mega man?
Nothing they didn’t do to him a LONG time ago. LOL!
I just don’t understand these characters in this game. I mean it’s Street Fighter Vs Tekken. I can see if it was just a Street Fighter game or like others said (UMVC3) but this is silly. Well, of anything just ignore them on the roster.
If microsoft wasnt so selfish with their own character people would get to see more characters like Master Chief in other games. Sony is pretty relaxed when it comes to their characters making game cameos.
I hate having an Xbox sometimes….I just want to beat up people as Master Chief already or the dude from Gears. I need a playstation
This is hilarious. Exclusive to one console and not what fans want from the design.
#Sarcasm
LOL!
Lol Capcom knows EXACTLY what people want, right? Developer of the Year!
not.
I am waiting for capcom’s “u mad bro?” press release…
That was pretty good. Mega Man(the terrible 1st box art version) on the other hand doesn’t seem right to me.
who cares this game sux anyway! two differeny fighting genres. tekken has no fireballs and a different block method. should’ve been capcom vs konami or something. or capcom vs namco? or capcom vs kof 3.
Ryu from breath of fire 4…
Question, Why isn’t Microsoft getting exclusives?..
Megaman does look rather atrocious. I didn’t remember that that’s how he looked in the first game. With the exception of Cole and MAYBE Pacman, the rest seem to be trash additions to the game. Megaman deserved to be back in MvC3…
WOw so now we bitch about bonus characters? GOd forbid game creators have a little fun and throw in some extra goodies for fans. I think Mega Man looks hilarious, Pac Man and Cole look cool and besides its not a story driven game, its a fighting game, this is no different than MK having Freddy Kruegger and everyone loved that.
Because there are just certain things you DO NOT DO with our classic characters.
It’s one thing to have a little fun…
…but THIS?
THIS crossed the line where Mega Man is concerned. THIS was something you just DO NOT DO.
So YES. We are bitching.